May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
13h 37m
English
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Name
keycode — The internal, frequently numeric, identifier for a key on a keyboard
Synopsis
keycode ::=
(text | phrase db._phrase | replaceable
| Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
Attribute synopsis
Description
The keycode identifies the numeric value
associated with a key on a computer keyboard. This is distinct from any
scan code that it may generate (keycode), or any
symbolic name (keysym) that might exist for the
key.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
See Also
accel, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, keycap, keycombo, keysym, menuchoice, mousebutton, shortcut
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example keycode</title> <para>The <keycap>F1</keycap> key on an IBM PC keyboard generates the scan code <keycode>0x3B</keycode> when pressed. This value is defined as <keysym>KEY_F1</keysym> in <filename class="headerfile">keyboard.h</filename>. </para> </article>
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